LANDOVER, Md. (Thursday, July 1, 1999) --
Tiffeny Milbrett already had one goal on the
night, but it was the corner kick she deferred that provided the United States its margin of
victory.

Fresh off the bench, Shannon MacMillan sent
that right-side corner to the near post where defender
Joy Fawcett flicked home a header into the top
right corner in the 66th minute, powering the United States to a 3-2 victory over Germany in
a Women's World Cup quarterfinal before 54,462 at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium.

The U.S. advanced to play Brazil, a 4-3 overtime victory over Nigeria, in Sunday's semifinal
at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, Calif.

"I ran on and Tiff was over taking my corner. She said 'It's all yours,' " said MacMillan,
who, in a rare start, had a goal and two assists in Sunday's opening-round 3-0 victory over
North Korea. "I'd been watching all game, so I saw that Joy was open on that near post. She had
one that had bounced off her head. I just wanted to make it easy for her to finish it. It's an
awesome play and I've just seen her put away so many like that. The thing is it gets in there
before (the defense) really has a chance to react. I've played balls off her like that many
times before and she was ready for it."

MacMillan had to sprint nearly 100 yards from the bench across the field to take the kick.
"She had the energy, she was so happy to get in," said Fawcett, who scored from inside the
six-yard box. "I know when Shannon takes that corner kick, she's the only one who can fire that
ball near post. "On previous corners, the keeper had blocked over my head, so my goal was to
make sure I went to the ball and get to it first."

It was the second straight U.S. tally generated by a corner kick. The Americans used their
first to erase their second one-goal deficit to tie the score at 2 in the 49th minute.

Striker Mia Hamm curled a left-side corner kick
near the end line past the far. Defender Steffi Jones caught the ball with her right foot on a
short hop, accidentally sending it back into the middle to defender
Brandi Chastain, who buried an eight-yard shot
into the right corner.

The U.S. had found itself trailing 2-1 at intermission after conceding a goal in injury time.
Standing near the right sideline, midfielder Sandra Smisek touched a pass to Bettina Weigmann
who spun to her left. With American Cindy Parlow
stepping back, Weigmann launched a shot from outside the box that beat goalkeeper
Briana Scurry into the left corner.

The U.S got off to the same shaky defensive start that has plagued it throughout this
tournament. Defender Brandi Chastain tracked back to cut off a through pass from German
midfielder Maren Meinert. As Scurry came out to give Chastain a target for a backpass, the
defender misread Scurry's intentions and instead put a ball behind her and into her own net for
a 1-0 Germany lead in the fifth minute.

"Any time you play world class opponents, many times when you make a mistake, they're going
to capitalize," Fawcett said. "I don't necessarily think it us starting slowly, I just think we
made mistakes. I don't we were nervous. We were very confident."

Scurry said the own goal was a fluke that angered and actually psyched up the U.S. "It pumped
us up, but I'd kind of like not to do it," Scurry said of another early defensive lapse. "I'd
kind of like to knock it off.

"It's amazing. I wasn't really upset about it because I knew we were still in the game and we
were going to get it back. There was nothing I could do to stop it. It's a thing that never
happens. And it happened. We've had one own goal in my five years on the team . . . There's not
a lot we can do. We know it happens and we tell ourselves and focused on not (making early
mistakes). We're like, 'Let's just kick it out. We have no reason to play with it back there.
Let's get rid of it.' Next game we'll hopefully come out focused and not make that type of
mistake."

With Weigmann being treated off the field for an injury, the Americans capitalized on the
one-player advantage to tie the match at 1 in the 16th minute. Midfielder
Michelle Akers' shot glanced off the underside of
Meinert's arm. With the German defense advancing to pull the Americans offside, the ball
squirted directly to the penalty spot and feet of striker Milbrett, who quickly drivo her
equalizer inside the left post.

"I don't think it's nerves, but we set ourselves back again early in the game by giving them
an own goal," Millbrett said. "I think my goal helped get us back on track. It was a surprise
to have the ball land where it landed and I was just there to put it in. I just had to turn
and shoot it."

Coach Tony DiCicco inserted young defenders
Lorrie Fair and
Tiffany Roberts in the game late to try to
stem the German onslaught. The Americans refused to sit on their 3-2 lead, countering downfield
several times in a wild finish. The German's still produced three nice passing combinations,
but in each instance, a potentially dangerous shot went right to Scurry.